Galaxy Deconstruction: Clues from Globular Clusters

Michael West
UH-Hilo

The present-day globular cluster populations of galaxies reflect the 
cumulative effects of billions of years of galaxy evolution via such 
processes as mergers, tidal stripping and accretion of material, and in 
some cases the partial or even complete destruction of galaxies.  
In this talk I will show how careful analysis of a galaxy's globular 
cluster population can allow us to reconstruct its dynamical history.  
Evidence of a newly-discovered stellar population -- intergalactic 
globular clusters -- will also be presented